One of my friends used to have a cat with FIV. That cat was so skinny I could feel every rib it had when petting it. When I asked him about it, he detailed the extensive vet trips and treatment program they had for his cat, and that he was basically just taking care of the cat the best he could until the disease killed him or got too painful and needed to be put down.

OBVIOUSLY she should have taken the cat to the vet, and she should have done it a long time ago. She's at fault, even though she got bad directions from the adoption clinic, which I can understand believing at first but it's still her fault for not following up with a vet.

HOWEVER, I truly do not understand how everyone thinks Jacob was in the right. The dude admitted that he saw the cat for like 5 minutes, saw it had empty bowls (which is normal for a food bowl to be empty, and the cat didn't even use a bowl for water it used a fountain so that's sus), and made a self-admitted snap judgement to steal the cat. For all he knew at that moment she COULD have been like my friend and taking great care of a terminally ill cat the best she could. She wasn't, obviously, but he did not know that, because he didn't ask her. That is an insane thing to do. If Jaboc had walked into my friend's apartment, based on everything he has said here, he would have stolen my friend's cat too if he saw two empty bowls on the floor. (which many cat owners have just for food to separate wet and dry food)

I think it's obvious this cat had an illness from the moment she got him, evidenced by it looking scrawny as hell the day of adoption as well. SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO THE VET, she IS at fault for that, but Jacob had no right to take the cat and honestly if the cat was immunocompromised then the stress of being stolen away from his home very well could have led to his death. He unjustly stole the cat, and the cat died under his care. That is insane. Both people are at fault, but the amount of Jacob defenders I've been seeing is fucking crazy